Well we’ve finally reached the final spot on our countdown. Just to recap, so far our coverage of the SIG Top 5 Categories to Source Now webinar has broken down #5 Direct Materials, #4 Travel Management, #3 Transportation and #2 Temporary Labor. That leaves us with the much awaited top spot, and that award goes [...]

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After covering #5 Direct Materials, #4 Travel & Expenses and #3 Transportation, we’re down to the silver medalist in our countdown: Temporary Labor. Like the other categories, Temp Labor has been impacted by the fluctuations in the US and global economies. But unlike the others, the impact of rising fuel and commodity prices is not [...]

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So far on our countdown, we’ve covered #5 Direct Materials and #4 Travel & Expenses. Now, let’s move on to our third place finisher: Transportation. No surprise that this spend category has been hard hit …. no make that VERY HARD HIT … by rising fuel costs. But as Transportation Category Manager Rachel Rutkoski (who [...]

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We kicked off the list last week with a recap of Pat Furey’s advice for sourcing Direct Materials in a time of skyrocketing commodity prices. So what’s next on our Category Managers’ list of current categories that provide sourcing opportunities? Travel Management.
No surprise that high fuel prices and a weak US$ are hitting companies hard [...]

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Based on market conditions, research and their real-time visibility into sourcing events, Category Managers in our GSO group identified the Top 5 Categories to Source Now and presented their findings in a Sourcing Interest Group (SIG) webinar yesterday. I’ll highlight some of their key findings and recommended strategies for each of the categories here over [...]

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